November 13, 2009
“Greensboro! You guys made me so proud to call this town my home!!! Thank u for everything! Now gotta get some sleep.”That was Chris Daughtry’s 1 a.m. tweet, which came about two hours after his triumphant headlining appearance Thursday...
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October 27, 2009
“Get your horns!” That was the cheerful cry of the long-haired vendor selling plastic red devil horns at Sunday night’s AC/DC concert. A week before Halloween, the Greensboro Coliseum throbbed with glowing, blinking horns worn by kids of...
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October 9, 2009
The shared bill of Richard Thompson and Loudon Wainwright III is a match made in heaven for a certain discriminating type of music fan. Both are songwriter’s songwriters and gifted musicians. If there’s a better guitarist alive than Thompson......
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June 29, 2009
The girl has pipes. There was absolutely no question about that after Beyoncé Knowles’ two-and-a-half-hour concert extravaganza at the Greensboro Coliseum on Saturday night. The latest stop on her “I Am ... Tour” was a knockout ni...
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May 4, 2009
For one night, Greensboro became “Steensboro,” according to a fan-made banner held aloft by Bruce Springsteen during his concert at the Greensboro Coliseum on Saturday. It sure seemed that way, as Springsteen and the E Street Band were receive...
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April 14, 2009
Concert ReviewGREENSBORO — It’s Easter Sunday, and the Dead have risen.Yes, the cultural institution known as the Grateful Dead — and now simply “The Dead” — kicked off their first tour in five years at the Greensboro C...
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March 26, 2009
Reached at home in Southern California, pianist-singer Les McCann revisited his rich life as a musician in a far-ranging interview.Stories dating back half a century came pouring from him as if they'd happened yesterday. His photographic recall of details...
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February 26, 2009
It's a virtual certainty that you have heard the Wrecking Crew without having heard of them. "The Wrecking Crew" was the informal name bestowed upon a group of session musicians on the Los Angeles studio scene who played anonymously on a slew of hit recor...
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January 18, 2009
GREENSBORO - They sold out. Even with lower-arena seats going for $190 a pop, the Eagles sold out the Greensboro Coliseum on Saturday night. Some in my vicinity said that they paid way more than that for their tickets on eBay. The turnout was a testament...
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November 4, 2008
GREENSBORO - Nine Inch Nails brought its high-tech, high-energy show to the Greensboro Coliseum Monday night. The audience of roughly 4,000 NIN fans - clad in black, almost to a person - didn't come close to filling the arena, but they made more noise tha...
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October 23, 2008
"I've been campaigning to prove what I am and what I'm worth - not monetarily, but in terms of human value. I know what I'm capable of. I see the potential. I'm not there, but I see it." - Scott Avett Imagine spending a month in Malibu and not going to t...
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October 9, 2008
Singer-songwriter Lyle Lovett is at home in Texas, where he has been busy lately. He's not rehearsing for his current tour with John Hiatt or working up material for a new album. The part-time actor isn't prepping for his next film role, either.
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November 10, 2007
GREENSBORO -- Eyebrows were raised when the ballyhooed "reunion" of Smashing Pumpkins in 2006 turned out to involve only two of its four original members. Frankly, it seemed more like the re-establishing of a bankable brand name than a proper re...
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November 4, 2007
In concert at the N Club on Friday night, Elliott Yamin breezily evoked various soul stars from the 1970s, coming off like a smooth, supple-voiced hybrid of Stevie Wonder, Kool and the Gang and his avowed hero, Donny Hathaway. You may recall Yamin as the...
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October 1, 2007
GREENSBORO — It is rare for a rock band to fill an arena these days, but Van Halen sold out the Greensboro Coliseum and virtually tore the roof off Saturday night. Between the lines of this deliriously played and received concert, you could decipher...
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September 25, 2007
Lucinda Williams' unusually rich and lengthy concert at the Carolina Theatre on Sunday night could be attributed, in part, to a letter she'd received from someone in attendance named Roger.
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September 12, 2007
GREENSBORO -- There is a delicious irony in the fact that the sponsor for the American Idols Live tour is Pop-Tarts, the toaster pastry treat. That is exactly what was served onstage when the top 10 Idols from the 2006 season performed at the Greensboro C...
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